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FAB FRUGAL FITNESS SERIES – WEEK #3 by Namaste Jenay

Let’s face it – we all know that yoga can be really expensive. We also know that yoga offers amazing benefits for our minds and bodies. This week, we learn from an expert how to achieve the benefits of yoga without the huge expense.

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This week, manifest your best self with Namaste Jenay, a Yoga teacher based in Los Angeles, CA. Namaste!

Week / Flow 1 – Cleaning up digestion

Pose 1 / 2: Twisted Chair Pose – Parivrrita Utkatasana – inhale arms up and sit back, bringing your hips to the back of the room, inhale hands to heart center and twice to one side. Elbow outside of knee. Ensure one knee does not jet out in front of the other, keep knees in line. Breath deeply, even inhales and exhales. Sit deeper, use the elbow to twist your body open, ringing out the spine and internal organs

Second side

Pose 3 / 4: Twisted Triangle Pose – Parivrtta Trikonasna

Come into Warrior 1 on the left side with a wide stance – feet are 2-3 feet apart to help balance. Back foot should be pointing towards front corner of mat. Square hips forward. Hands to sky, on exhale hinge forward from our hips keeping spine long. plant right hand on mat on inside of foot, or outside of foot whatever is comfortable. Open chest to the side of the room, right arm raises. Use right hand to twist from the core and spine, shoulders stay stacked. Hold and breath deeply for 1 minute.

Lie flat on the back, lengthen your left leg down pulling the right knee into the right armpit area. Breathe deeply and relax into the pose for at least 1 minute on each side.

Week 3 – Repopulating

Pose 1 / 2: Elbow to Knee pose

Come to hands and knees. Inhale your left arm straight out in front or you and your right foot back out behind you. Hold here for a breath. On the exhale, curl the left elbow to the right knee. Keep the spine straight, tailbone curls down, abs stay cinched in and engaged the entire time. Think about lifting through the back when curling the elbow to knee like in cat pose. Inhale and extend left arm and right leg out, repeat 5-10 times per side. Switch and do the other side – right arm and left leg. to warm and strengthen the core.

Pose 3: Triangle Pose – Ardha Matsyendrasna

Sit with both legs out in front of you. Bring the left foot down outside your left knee. Bend the right knee into the body (if this doesn’t work for you, feel free to leave the right leg straight). Place the left hand down outside the sacrum; reach the right arm to the sky and twist, placing the right hand anywhere that’s comfortable. On each inhale, find length through the crown of the head, and on each exhale use the right arm to twist deeper. Play with the inhale lifting and exhale twisting motion for 5-10 breaths and switch sides.

Pose 4: Bridge Pose – Setu Bandha Sarvangasana

Come to lay on your back, arms by your side, knees bent. Palms and soles of the feet are firmly planted on the ground. On an inhale, reach your hips to the sky. Belly is cinching in, while shoulders and neck remain relaxed. Reaching the hips high and the chest to the chin. The insides of your feet are grounded down, to keep the knees from splaying out. Hold here for 5-10 long, smooth breaths. Repeat 3 times.

Jenay Rose, aka @namastejenay is a yoga teacher and wellness influencer based in Los Angeles, CA. She uses her social platform to make meditation, mindfulness, and a holistic lifestyle more approachable to all. She is currently obtaining her 500hr level certification from YogaWorks. Connect with Jenay on her website, Facebook, Instagram, and on YouTube.